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Thomas Wilson Baker

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Thomas Wilson Baker

Birth
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Death
6 Apr 1958 (aged 21)
Cambridge, Washington County, New York, USA
Burial
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.2517668, Longitude: -73.0936095
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Thomas Baker was killed in a car accident April 6, 1958. He was home on leave from the Navy celebrating his 21st birthday. He was a passenger in the car. The following is the obituary part of the article in the Bennington Evening Banner.

From the Bennington Evening Banner April 7, 1958
Navyman Baker was the son of Mrs. Abbie (Griggs) Baker and the late Harry Baker of Arlington. Born in Dorset on April 6, 1937, he moved with his parents to Arlington some 15 years ago.
He graduated from Arlington High School, Class of '55 and joined the U.S. Navy immediately following graduation.
He leaves in addition to his mother, two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Douglas of Springfield, Vt., and Mrs. Edna Wyman of Troy, N.Y.; and two brothers, Harry Baker Jr. of Dorset and Gardner Baker of Jamaica, Vt.
Friends may call at the Baker residence this evening and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held from the Federated Church in East Arlington at 2 pm Wednesday. The Rev. Kenneth McCrea will officiate.
Entombment will be in Arlington and burial will take place later in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset.
Thomas Baker was killed in a car accident April 6, 1958. He was home on leave from the Navy celebrating his 21st birthday. He was a passenger in the car. The following is the obituary part of the article in the Bennington Evening Banner.

From the Bennington Evening Banner April 7, 1958
Navyman Baker was the son of Mrs. Abbie (Griggs) Baker and the late Harry Baker of Arlington. Born in Dorset on April 6, 1937, he moved with his parents to Arlington some 15 years ago.
He graduated from Arlington High School, Class of '55 and joined the U.S. Navy immediately following graduation.
He leaves in addition to his mother, two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Douglas of Springfield, Vt., and Mrs. Edna Wyman of Troy, N.Y.; and two brothers, Harry Baker Jr. of Dorset and Gardner Baker of Jamaica, Vt.
Friends may call at the Baker residence this evening and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held from the Federated Church in East Arlington at 2 pm Wednesday. The Rev. Kenneth McCrea will officiate.
Entombment will be in Arlington and burial will take place later in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset.


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